Douche can and indicator therefor



F. J. O'ROURKE D OUCHE CAN AND INDICATOR THEREFOR Filed April m 1921 331g @tu VPatented Oct. 2, 1923.

FRANK J'. OROURKE, OF WHITESTQNEfNEI YORK.

DOUCHE can Ann rnnrca'ron Timmeren.

Application filed April 14, 1921. Serial No. 461,348.

readily removed therefrom andV will show the amount of liquid or other matter within the can.I t'

Another object of the invention is to. so

shape the can that the indicator may be re-f tained below the adjacent surfaces of the' can and thus be protected from any object that might be brought Vinto violent contact with the can or against which the can may be inadvertently moved with suflicient force tov break an exposed indicator.

Another object of the invention is to provide al device simpleV in construction and operation, and one wherein the indicator may be readily removed, or where a substitute of' indicators may be made if and when desired,Y even by the most inexperienced.

And another object of the invention is to produce a device so simple and cheap in construction that the incentive for using a douche can without an indicatorwill be removed and the safety and eticiencybe increased in all operations wheresuch a device is necessary or desirable.

With these objects in view, the following is what I consider the best meansv of carrying out this invention and the accompanying drawings should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows.

Fig. v1 shows a frontelevation of a complete device.

Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section taken 'at right angles tothe view in Fig. m1. Y Y

' Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3 3 in Fig. l. Y lSimilar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear. As a part of my device I employ a douche can 6 which ma be of ordinary size and I prefer that the front of the can should bow outward and in this outwardly bowed portion I produce a recess 7 by forcing inward a portion of the front surface of the can.` This indent or recess should extendthe full length of the can andshould be sufficient in diameter and depth lto receive a tube* 8 of glass or other suitable material, comprising the indicator. Y tube 8 should be open and I attach or'secure itto the can by means of a hook 9 movably` supported by a pin 10 and the lower end of integral with or secured to amember 12 have ing a passage 13 communicating `with the. interior of the can. A double nipple mem-i ber 14C having an enlarged portion or gasket-f 15 is'received in the glass tube 8 and in the fitting 12 this member 14 should iit its cos ,A raar o rrlrcEg The upper end of the the tube 8 is received within a socket formed o related parts with suicient accuracyto pref v Y vvent leakage around the itting,'and it will be notedV that the passage 16 through the member 12 communicates with .a passage through the double nipple member 14'.

At the bottom ofthe can" I may provide a nipple 17 for the connection ofa rubber tube and at the top a hook 18` by means of which sage 19 through'the nipple 17 *connectsV with the kinterior of the can as it is through this nipple 17 that the Vcontent of the can may be caused to pass. i Y Y 'p Should the glass'tube 8 become broken or should it be desirable to remove the tube the Y hook 9'is lifted out of engagement with the n. .j

tube and the tube may then be` moved longitudinally out ofthe socket of the member 12 and a new tube substituted.

Other modiicat-ions may b e made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the'principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention. Having carefully and fully by Letters Patents is:

1. A douche can provided with a recess the can may be suspended obviously a pasn t described my Y invention what I claim and desire to secure Jformed in one wall thereof'a socket mem- Y .ber in the lower end of said recess. a tubular member'wholly within saidjrecess andhaving one end retainednin said socket` member and addouble nip-ple within said recess and of glass tube a Socket member adjacentYAY 'Y to said recess a gasketed member arranged Within said Socket member and adapted to 10 engage said glass tube7 said socketmember and said gasketed member being provided with a passage therethrough communicating 'Iithsad glass tube.

FRANK J. OROURKE. 

